The Senate has passed the N1.9 trillion budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the 2024 fiscal year. The upper chamber passed it after considering a report submitted by its Committee on NDDC, presented by Asuquo Ekpeyong, its chairman. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced approval of the budget after majority of the … Read more
The Senate commenced activities last Tuesday by welcoming the Bauchi Central senator, Abdul Ningi, to the chamber after his suspension was lifted the previous week. Mr Ningi, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), entered the Red Chamber at 10:40 a.m. and took his seat after exchanging pleasantries with some of his colleagues. Mr Ningi … Read more
Bauchi Central senator, Abdul Ningi, on Tuesday, resumed plenary five days after he was recalled from suspension. Mr Ningi, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was sighted entering the Red Chamber at 10:40 a.m. He took his seat after exchanging pleasantries with some of his colleagues. Ningi’s Suspension Mr Ningi was suspended … Read more
The meeting between representatives of the federal government, leadership of the National Assembly and officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the proposed national minimum wage ended in deadlock on Sunday. The meeting which began around 5:50 p.m. and ended at 8:45 p.m. was held behind closed-door at … Read more
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, have congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the completion of his first year in office. Messrs Akpabio and Jibrin congratulated the president in separate statements issued by their Special Advisers on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh and Ismail Mudashir, respectively. President Tinubu was inaugurated as Nigeria’s … Read more
The British Government on Tuesday said it is following with keen interest the debates of the Nigeria’s National Assembly on the establishment of state police, gender inclusivity and poverty alleviation programmes. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, said this when he visited the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the National Assembly complex, Abuja. … Read more
Two years after, senators reconvenes in newly-renovated chamber Senators resumed from about four weeks of Easter and Eid-el-Fitr recess on Tuesday at the newly-renovated chamber. The upper chamber embarked on holiday on 20 March. Ahead of Tuesday’s plenary, seats had been allocated to the 109 senators including the senate president in the chamber. It had … Read more
Lawyers and key justice sector players have advocated far-reaching reforms in the appointment of judges and the administration of courts across the country. If implemented, the recommendations will substantially whittle down the enormous powers of the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). It will also reduce the overbearing influence of CJN and other … Read more
Senate panel begins probe of N30trn CBN loan obtained by Buhari The Senate began legislative activities last Monday with the inauguration of a nine-member ad hoc committee to interrogate the disbursement and usage of the 30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). … Read more
Senate considers term of six years for CBN governor and deputies Barely five months after two senators proposed separate bills to bar governors and deputy governors of CBN from participating in politics, another lawmaker is seeking to amend the CBN Act to limit the tenure of the bank chiefs to a single non-renewal term of … Read more
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